[Deptheads] GATEWAY DOES:

[Victor B]

I agree 100% with Bill.
They are the challenger trying to give reason for people to attend their 
convention. We need to just promote ourselves like we do in february.

Total event numbers are a bigger deal to con organizers than gamers. Sally 
doesn't care you have 500 events if you have 0 of the events she wants to play 
or participate in. Looking at what is offered morso than how much overall.
And california cons are notorious for fudging events. The open gaming room (10 
am to 1 am) at a con in sacramaneto lists every hour of the open game room as an 
event each.  That is 15 events per day and 45 total for the 3-day weekend. 1001 
ways to inflate  numbers. Guests, seminars, special events, major tourneys, etc. 
are the eye grabbers for early promos not total events. Especially when gamers 
can go to the sites for these cons and add up the events.
I also would not say anything about volunteers, owners, etc. Debating money, 
ownership, volunteer compensation (like hotel room), etc. serves no positive 
purpose and will have the gaming community scratching it's head...as well as 
game companies, industry people, other cons, and potential guests.

Let's take the high road.
Promote what we have- d20 girls, boardgames library, demoes of newest and 
hottest games, video game room, wargames bootcamp, rock band tourneys, big 
tourneys we have, guests, unique rpg events, movies and anime,
costume contest, vip dinner, game designers and companies attending showing 
their products, monday game auction, play with creator and playtest games, 
larps, saturday night dance, etc.
Add that with our regular schedule of events all over and it speaks for itself 
as a great overall convention experience.


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From: Bill Witthans <vonkluge at ca.rr.com>
To: deptheads at strategicon.net
Sent: Sun, July 17, 2011 12:30:42 PM
Subject: Re: [Deptheads] GATEWAY DOES:

GATEWAY DOES:  
I would remove the line (unlike other conventions)  since I thought the idea was 
to provide a better con making people want to come,  not by bad mouthing the 
competition and lowering yourselves to their level. I  would toot your own horn 
but refrain form appearing to engage in a battle of  accusations, take the "High 
Road"
 
Bill Witthans 
 
PS Robyn, I never received a reply if there was  anything we could help with? 
Stands? We will have a pretty good HMGS/PSW  presence once again at "Gateway"
----- Original Message ----- 
>From: Robyn Nixon 
>To: deptheads at strategicon.net 
>Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2011 12:06  PM
>Subject: [Deptheads] GATEWAY DOES:
>
>Ok, new thread, to get things started.  I want to    post this to various forums 
>but want to get everyone’s input to add to this    topic.  Put your thinking 
>caps on, and here is my    start:
>
> 
>GATEWAY 2011      is just around the corner.  Get involved with the regions 
>largest      gaming convention, that includes Role Playing, Miniatures, Card 
>Games and      Collectibles, Electronic Games, Board games and More!!  Rub 
>elbows with      over 1000 fellow gamers in the longest running community based 
>gaming      convention in Southern California.
>>
>>All ages are welcome at GATEWAY,      and with over 600 events running 
>>continually from 2pm Friday through 7pm      Monday, this makes it the best 
>>gaming value in the area.  If you      preregister the weekend badge is only $40 
>>and this means less than 7 cents a      game, and GATEWAY collects no additional 
>>fees for events and games held at      its annual convention.
>>
>>GATEWAY is organized and run by volunteers who      take no salaries, truly 
>>community giving back to community, its owners are      not out to make a profit 
>>at the expense of other gamers (unlike other      conventions), the owners all 
>>have regular jobs outside the gaming      community.
>>
>>GATEWAY turns back a percentage of the admission fees as      'dealer dollars', 
>>which are given to participants as prizes for games and      tournaments held at 
>>the convention.
>>
>>GATWAY rewards other gamers who      wish to contribute their time by providing 
>>Volunteer badges for GMs who run      events at the convention, and doing 
>>partial reimbursement for volunteers who      go above and beyond, by 
>>contributing most of their weekend to the games and      enjoyment of the 
>>convention for other gamers.
>>
>>GATEWAY is inclusive      and welcomes the contributions and participation of 
>>groups and individuals      who wish to contribute to the health of the gaming 
>>community in Southern      California.  They enjoy partnerships with various 
>>gaming groups that      come in whole and organize events throughout the 
>>convention.  Most of      these partnerships gain reduced entry for their 
>>members by this      partnership.
>>
>>GATEWAY provides space for various groups to host large      scale tournaments, 
>>removing the onus of hall rentals, table and chair      rentals, janitorial 
>>services, environmental control, and allows these groups      to concentrate on 
>>running great events.
>>
>>GATEWAY hosts industry      insiders and guests to provide presentations and 
>>lectures on topics of      interest to the gaming    community.
>>

Add to    this list, provide your thoughts, improvements and corrections.  I 
plan    on posting this in the next day or so to various lists.

Its time to get    fired up!! 
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